Directed by Iran’s Oscar nominated filmmaker, Majid Majidi, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is one of the great cinematic projects. The production of the film has lasted four years.

While the main parts of the film were shot in Iran, Majidi along with his team traveled to Africa and shot few sections of the project in the city of Bela-Bela in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

The movie focuses on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s life from childhood until prophethood. The first draft of the screenplay was co-authored by Majidi and Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter, Kambuzia Partovi.

American filmmaker and Hollywood visual effects supervisor, Scott E. Anderson, along with several other renowned cineastes contributed to Majidi’s cinematic rendition.

Storaro, who has great projects such as Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Last Emperor on his track records, visited Iran last year and met with the Iranian cast and crew.

The cast members were selected under the supervision of Majidi and Italian makeup artist Giannetto De Rossi, who collaborated in the grand project.

Historical documents and facts have been compiled with the help of scholars, historians and clerics from different countries including Iran, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria for over a year.

roduced by Mohammad Mehdi Heidarian, the film is set to be released in Persian, Arabic and English in 2015.

ami Yusuf is a name well known in the Arabic world. He is a lyricist and singer who is an Iranian born in a British family. The main reason he is famous is because of his new and enticing style of rendering. Recently, Sami Yusuf sang for AR Rahman’s upcoming international score for his film with Majid Majidi.

This film is titled ‘Muhammad’ and is based on the life of Prophet Muhammad and is set for release in 2015. In a recent interview Sami spoke about his experience of working with AR Rahman. “AR Rahman is a good brother of mine, I’ve known him for about eight years. We are fans of each other, I’m a bigger fan, of course, but we like each other’s music. He came over to Sharjah and we spent time together. We hold a very close fraternal relationship,” he said.